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Taking steps toward clean water in an Assam tea garden
Assam, India is famous for its high quality black tea and home to Numi Tea’s largest supplier. Yet Assam is one of India’s poorest states, in terms of access to safe drinking water. Fewer than 1 in 15 households have access to tap water. Many women and children walk up to 3 hours per day…
Read MoreWISE Women’s Clean Cookstove Project Update: We can’t wait to meet the next clean energy entrepreneurs!
WEA’s WISE Women’s Clean Cookstoves Project is in the application phase! By the end of the year we will identify 30 women leaders in Kaduna State, Nigeria who will join our training to gain the skills, knowledge and resources they need to promote clean cookstoves and launch their own clean energy businesses. We are accepting…
Read MoreThe times they are a-changin’
Did you see our Fall WEAvings Newsletter? It’s a great way to stay up to date on the goings on at WEA and with our partners and projects around the world. In this newsletter we shared: Information about our #WEAWorldFoodDayGiveaway that ended just this past World Food Day on Sunday, October 16th Highlights from our…
Read MoreWEA’s WISE Clean Cookstoves Project offers a solution to structural barriers in clean renewable energy initiatives
As the #WEAWorldFoodDayGiveaway comes to a close, we’d like to thank everyone who joined us this year to ensure that the brave women entrepreneurs taking part in our WISE Women’s Clean Cookstoves Project in Nigeria have what they need as they safeguard their health, and their families’ and communities’ health. Every $15 given will cover the…
Read MoreThe actual difference your $15 will make
By: Arielle Moinester, WEA Program Strategist Throughout the #WEAWorldFoodDayGiveaway, we’ve been sharing stories and raising awareness about our Nigeria Women’s Clean Cookstoves Project, and the opportunity to donate $15 to cover the cost of a cookstove for a woman to launch her own clean energy business. In partnership with Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE), we’re excited…
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